AN ANALYSIS OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND THE PROCESS TO ADOPT GLOBAL SOURCING

Auteurs-es

  • Moema Pereira Nunes Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul - PUCRS

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.21714/1984-6975FACES2016V15N1ART2955

Mots-clés :

Global Sourcing. Organizational structure. Supplier’s management. Purchasing process. Brazil.

Résumé

This study analyze the adoption of GS by Brazilian companies in terms of organizational structure and process of GS in order to identify what is differencing the experience of these companies and the previously knowledge related with GS. A case-based qualitative research was developed. Four Brazilian companies were investigated. Data were collect interviews and a content analysis was made. Regarding the organizational structure, it was identified that the firm’s industry sector influence in the adoption of GS. It confirms the assumption that the environment plays an important role in emerging countries. The need of innovation and the geographic concentration in an industry sector were identified as influences in the organizational structure to adopt GS. The need of scale in the purchasing process was perceived as an influence in the process of GS. The investigated companies presented a non-structure process of GS, what reduce the opportunity to learn with GS as part of the process may not be monitored.

Biographie de l'auteur-e

Moema Pereira Nunes, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul - PUCRS

Professora da Faculdade de Administração, Contabilidade e Economica - FACE/PUCRS

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05/07/16

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